Expression of a Bacterial Xylose Isomerase in Potato Tubers Results in an Altered Hexose Composition and a Consequent Induction of Metabolism

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1359-1367

  Urbanczyk Wochniak, Ewa ^a   Leisse, Andrea ^a   Roessner Tunali, Ute ^a   Lytovchenko, Anna ^a   Reismeier, Jörg ^a,b   Willmitzer, Lothar ^a   Fernie, Alisdair ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b PlantTec Biotechnologie GmbH F and E   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fructose; Glucose; Glycolysis; Invertase; Potato (Solanum Tuberosum) tuber; Xylose isomerase

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSE; FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; GLUCOSE; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HEXOSE; ISOMERASE; SUCROSE; SUGAR PHOSPHATE; XYLOSE ISOMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GLYCOLYSIS; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PLANT TUBER; POTATO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ALDOSE-KETOSE ISOMERASES; BACTERIA; FRUCTOSE; FRUCTOSE-BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GLUCOSE; GLYCERALDEHYDE-3-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASES; GLYCOLYSIS; HEXOSES; PHENOTYPE; PLANT TUBERS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; SUCROSE; SUGAR PHOSPHATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; SOLANUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0742305475     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcg166     Document Type: Article

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